The Alzheimer’s Association, Rhode Island Chapter is pleased to announce and welcome David R. Carlin lll as the association’s new Director of Public Policy and Communications. Carlin will serve as the principal staff for grassroots advocacy efforts, government affairs and communications efforts in Rhode Island. Reporting directly to the executive director, he will promote the mission of the Alzheimer’s Association in Rhode Island by building and mobilizing grassroots advocacy, interacting with policy makers and coalitions, building media relations, and communicating the Association’s issues and priorities as a public speaker and resident expert to the media.
Mr. Carlin comes to the association with more than 22 years of experience in business, government affairs, public relations, communications and financial services. Most recently, he worked with the Northern Rhode Island Wholesalers and Service Store Association and was employed prior to that by the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce as Vice President of Government Affairs and chief lobbyist. Early in his career, Carlin worked in financial management, including several years at the Smithfield, Rhode Island offices of Fidelity Investments as an institutional investment advisor.